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Huntsman has announced plans to close four manufacturing facilities by the end of this year, as part of restructuring of its colour pigments business, as per chemicals-technology.com. Fac...
Arkema is actively developing its new Kepstan® PEKK (Poly-Ether-Ketone-Ketone) ultra high performance polymer with applications in the fields of carbon fiber composites and 3D printing. S...
At the start of the week, Asia's naphtha crack dipped to 2-1/2-week low of US$93.45/ton, amid expectation of increased supplies from Europe and Middle East to the East from April. ADNOC i...
Global specialty chemicals maker Ineos Group is combining its ABS resin business with its Styrolution unit in the Americas. Both are wholly owned Ineos companies. The Styrolution business...
Jurong Aromatics Corporation (JAC) has completed maintenance at its petrochemical complex in Singapore, as per Reuters. The plant was shut for almost three months since mid-December. Afte...
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has given conditional approval to Hanwha's proposed acquisition of Samsung General Chemicals, as per chemicals-technology.com. Markets of low-de...
March offers were revealed in the Middle East markets last week with increases from February levels, according to ChemOrbis. This was no surprise to players given the very limited supply ...
The global polycarbonate market was valued at US$12.86 bln in 2013 and is anticipated to reach US$19.59 bln by 2020, expanding at a CAGR of 6.2% between 2014 and 2020, as per Transparency...
In a bid to ease it's reliance on naphtha imports, Indonesian petrochemical producer PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical (CAP) is conducting a year-long preliminary study to develop a mini-refi...
The global plastic additives market is forecasted to reach US$ 50 bln by 2020 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.8% during the forecast period. I ndia and China are the lucrative mar...
BioAmber is targeting to start commercial production of bio-succinic acid at its US$135 mln Sarnia plant by Q3-2015, as per theobserver.ca. Construction is still ongoing, expected to tak...
Production of key raw materials for Perstorp’s innovative general purpose PVC plasticizers, Valeraldehyde and 2-propylheptanol, and associated chemicals at a major extension to Perstorp’s...
Kerala State Government is planning a ‘Petrochemical Park’ next to the BPCL refinery in Kochi to tap the potential of downstream industries in the petrochemical sector, Governor P Sathasi...
The global plastic packaging market was valued at US$ 259.65 Bn in 2013 and is expected to reach US$370.25 bln by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 5.2% over the forecast period between 2014 and...
Four polypropylene units in USA have declared force majeure on supplies- Pinnacle Polymers, Phillips 66, INEOS, and LyondelBasell in Lake Charles. Except for LyondellBasell, the other pro...
Polystyrene suppliers in Europe returned to the market with three digit hike requests for March citing tight supplies region wide and rising upstream costs, as per ChemOrbis pricing servi...
Acrylic acid is an organic compound having characteristic tart or acrid smell. A large portion of acrylic acid is used as a feedstock for obtaining acrylate esters. Acrylate esters have a...
German specialty chemical company Wacker Chemie AG is setting up a plant for specialty monomers with an annual capacity of 3,800 metric tonnes at its Burghausen site, Germany, involving i...
European polystyrene producers have announced increases of Eur190-195/mt in March polystyrene general purpose prices, as per Platts. Styrolution said it is raising GPPS prices by Eur190/...
In 2014, a worldwide turnover of US$61.8 bln was achieved with HDPE, as per Oliver Kutsch, manager of the market research institute Ceresana, who added, "We expect an average sales growth...
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